Today, protesters gathered in Dublin to demonstrate against immigration, holding Irish flags and placards with messages such as “Irish Lives Matter” and “Coolock Says No.” The demonstration proceeded along O’Connell Street under the watch of gardai.
A massive protest is happening right now in Dublin against mass immigration.
If not for 𝕏, you would've never seen this.
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) May 6, 2024
🚨🇮🇪 Ireland Rises ‼️
Happening now – Crowds gather on the streets of Ireland
The Irish are set to March this afternoon in protest of their treacherous Globalist sell out Government destroying their country.
This is expected to be the largest protest seen across Ireland so… pic.twitter.com/ecmTA7Xj92
— Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) May 6, 2024
Half of the Irish population now supports the idea of establishing migrant checkpoints at the Northern Ireland border to limit the number of asylum seekers arriving from Britain, a new poll has revealed. The poll, conducted by the Sunday Independent and Ireland Thinks, also found that 82% of respondents would back the deportation of asylum seekers to the UK.
Despite this growing sentiment, both Sinn Féin and the Irish government have stated that implementing checkpoints on the border and adopting a Rwanda-style deportation scheme are not options they are considering. The Irish Justice Minister, Helen McEntree, recently claimed that 80% of the estimated 7,000 asylum seekers this year had entered Ireland via Northern Ireland from the UK.
The Irish government had previously pledged to send 100 Gardai officers to police the border amid concerns about rising migrant numbers. However, this plan has been met with opposition from Prime Minister Sunak, who warned against the creation of a “hard border” between the north and south.
Ireland is already struggling to accommodate at least 30,000 asylum seekers and 100,000 Ukrainian refugees, with the country’s housing supply crisis exacerbating the situation. Frustrated Irish citizens are suspected of burning down several buildings designated as future asylum centers in protest against the government’s decision to use them for refugees.